Last night the cabin was very warm, and the fan we had didnt help much. Sometime late in the night it cooled down and I had to shut off the fan. Still, I guess we got an okay nights sleep and were on our way to Crater Lake by 7:30am or so. Crater Lake National Park is just over 50 miles from the KOA, but that is just to the entrance. We arrived at the Masama Village area by 9:30am. Masama Village Read on...
The next day started off with another car ride, this time to Petra. After settling into our hotel room, my sister, dad and I went to eat lunch- gyro meat for them and falafel for me- before adventuring through the ruins of Petra. We rode horses a part of the way there and continued on foot after reaching the start of the impressive towers of rock. Contributing to the magnificence were the carvings Read on...
Were still keeping things local as our toddler is yet to be vaccinated. This is helping me find gems in driving distance. This holiday season, were headed to San Luis Obispo area for some animal fun!
We stopped by Casa de Fruta to chop up the drive. It is this that has Casa de everything from hotel to gas station. Weve passed by it gazillion times but never occurred to us to even give it a tryu Read on...
We are back to the grain fields today, with this difference that almost all the grain has now been harvested. We only see rye fields left to be harvested. We zijn vandaag weer terug in de graanvelden. Alleen zijn deze nu bijna allemaal geoogst. We zien alleen nog velden met rogge staan.
Niet een dag vol met speciale dingen vandaag. We hebben de druiven weer even achter ons gelaten. En de laatste Read on...
The only way is up - apart from the song of the same title it is fair to say that we are heading in the right direction . Covid seems to be for the time being under control and Spring apart from last night when the wind howled and the rain fell heavily is on its way. We had another football match to watch and after the excitement of Tuesday night we were up for it . The game should be interesting Read on...
This iconic mural was painted in 1990. It was based on an actual photograph of Honecker and Brezhnev kissing. I photographed this just as these two guys kissed in front of the mural. The funny thing is, many conservatives today would probably be saying variations of My God, help me survive this deadly love in the face of marriage equality and rising LGBTQ visibility.
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Il est dj temps de quitter Ucluelet pour gagner la belle ville de Vancouver. Mais on devra dabord repasser par ZE route... Celle ouverte peine quelques heures par jour et ne permettant le passage de la circulation quune seule fois par heure pendant la priode douverture... Et il nous faudra en plus tre dans les temps pour attraper notre ferry, prvu 13:25 tapant. Bref, nous avons un petit dfi logi Read on...
Everything in Cusco has changed. From the way people walk and greet each other, to the signs in the streets and the mannequins in the shop windows.
Its hard for me to believe that weve been in some form of quarantine/lockdown for that long. At this point, its also hard to believe that life will ever be normal again. Everything is so different now. My day to day life has changed that I feel like I Read on...
From Finance Buzz: Although Berkeley may be considered more bougie than bohemian these days, the counterculture vibe that made it so famous in the 60s is still recognizable in its local haunts, and food and art scene. Dine at Chez Panisse — considered by many to be the birthplace of the California cuisine food movement — where the focus is on locally sourced, sustainable ingredients.
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I am asked, most often, by friends and relatives, about the best food countries I have visited. MSNs The Manual has listed their favorites, by continent. I will share theirs, then add my favorites. Europe Italy and France always dominate most surveys and food writers choices. I first developed a fondness for some French food back in the 70s. I had a girlfriend who studied at the Sorbonne in France Read on...